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plastic waste Photo by Daria Shevtsova from Pexels

Better waste management techniques and standards can help reduce the amount of plastic waste in our oceans and reverse environmental damage.

EarthTalk Q&A

Marine Biomass Dwindles In Face Of Environmental Threats Overfishing, Pollution, Global Warming Taking A Toll On Our Oceans

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss biomass, Center for Biological Diversity, Endangered Species Act, esa, FAO, fish, fishing, Food & Agriculture Organization, marine, marine protected areas, MPA, UN, United Nations, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund, WWF 0 Comments

The oceans aren’t as crowded as they used to be now that we’ve depleted stocks of large marine predators through overfishing, pollution and climate change.

Emagazine.com: Environment, Climate Change / Global Warming, Renewables

Emagazine acidification, carbon dioxide, carbon footprint, climate, climate change, CO2, consumerism, e, ecosystem, ecosystems, emagazine, environmental, global, global warming, green, level, living, marine, minimalism, ocean, peace, rise, sea, sea level, sustainability, sustainable, warming

Sustainable Aquaculture in Malawi. Photo by WorldFish / Randall Brummett, 2002, FlickrCC

Under Water

Could Sustainable Aquaculture Be The Answer To The World’s Growing Hunger Epidemic? Eco-Friendly Fish Farming Full of Potential, Fraught With Risk

Emily Folk antibiotics, aquaculture, conservation, Conservation Folks, coral, farm, farming, fish, marine, pens, sustainable, under, underwater, water, wildlife 0 Comments

Even though sustainable aquaculture is a great idea, it doesn’t come with its risks — and farmers of marine life have to be careful tending to their precious flocks…

Strawless. Credit: Horia Varlan, FlickrCC.

EarthTalk Q&A

Strawless in Seattle: Why Are Straws So Bad for the Environment?

Georgina Guiney all-natural, biodegradable, biodegrade, gyre, marine, ocean, oceans, plastic, straw, strawless, wildlife 0 Comments

The average American uses more than 38,000 straws over a lifetime without thinking about the implications of all this plastic going to waste and polluting our oceans.

Warming World

Plastic Ocean Pollution a Driver of Climate Change? Lanternfish mistaking it for food can't sequester as much CO2

Sarah Mosko carbon, carbon sequestration, CO2, ecosystems, emissions, feeder, fish, lanternfish, marine, sequestration, species 5 Comments

Carbon sequestration by lanternfish is central to the overall role of marine environments in reducing human-caused CO2 emissions in the atmosphere…

EarthTalk Q&A

Global Warming Evolution: Wildlife Shrinkage on the Rise

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer animal, animals, biology, endangered, evolution, Global Change Biology, global warming, marine, science, scientists, shrinkage, species, terrestrial 0 Comments

Scientists credit human-induced global warming with causing many wildlife species to become scrawnier with each successive generation…

Captain Paul Watson, defender of the seas

Cover Story

Defender of the Seas Captain Paul Watson Travels the World to Challenge Illegal Whaling & Fishing

Brita Belli activism, activist, Captain, conservation, Denmark, ecosystems, Faroe Islands, fishing, Greenpeace, illegal, marine, Paul Watson, protest, Sea Shepherd, whaling, wildlife 14 Comments

Captain Paul Watson, “Defender of the Seas,” Travels the World to Challenge Illegal Whaling and Fishing, and Whale Wars Captures the Action…

Eating Right

Red Fish, Green Fish What You Need to Know About Seafood Ratings

Jacqueline Church by-catch, bycatch, cards, destruction, Habitat, loss, marine, Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay Aquarium, overfishing, rating, ratings, seafood, seafood watch, underwater, wallet, wallet card, watch 0 Comments

Everything you need to know about seafood ratings, from what the colors mean, to the problems with overfishing, bycatch, farmed and illegally caught fish.

Marine Spatial Planning © Photos: Thinkstock

Currents

Marine Spatial Planning: A New Approach to Oceans Is MSP Too Good to Be True?

Mark Spalding BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, marine, ocean, oil, protected, sea, spatial, spill 0 Comments

The Obama-championed idea of “marine spatial planning” sounds good in theory—but simply mapping ocean activities won’t save struggling ocean species.

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